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Main > Car Makers News > Other > Mark LaNeve: Camaro won't be positioned as a muscle car The hits just keep on coming for fans of the Chevy Camaro. Just yesterday, we quoted Bob Lutz as suggesting that the Camaro could get a four-cylinder engine option. Now we hear that Mark LaNeve, VP of sales and marketing for GM North America, says that, "We won't position it as a muscle car," speaking again of the 2010 Camaro. Sure, you could spend hours debating the terms "muscle car" and "pony car", but we're pretty sure that very few ever thought of the Camaro as a fuel-efficient option. But, that's... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:38 Article Views Rating: 311 Main > Car Makers News > Other > New York 2008: NYC oddities and side splitters We were extremely busy while trying to cover the snot out of the New York Auto Show this past week at the Jacob Javits Center. Even when we were running across the show floor to make a press conference and get a good seat, we still had our fingers on the trigger of our many DSLR cameras. At times we caught some interesting and downright funny things that just didn't fit into any other gallery except one devote to the odd and slightly hilarious. Check them out in the gallery below, complete with captions... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:38 Article Views Rating: 204 Main > Car Makers News > Opel > Opel Redesignes Astra for 2010 In about a year and a half Opel plans to present a new Astra that will be sold as Vauzhall in Britain, Saturn in North America, Opel in Germany and Holden in Australia. Right now Germans are testing its new features. The new model of the car is going to be redesigned to become a good competitor to Volkswagen Golf VI and Ford Focus. Astra is going to be bigger and more comfortable. It is planned to be made in a variety of models: three- and five-door hatchback, sedan and station wagon. Due to this factor... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:36 Article Views Rating: 253 Main > Car Makers News > Mini > 2008 Mini John Cooper 2008 Mini John Cooper was presented on the Geneva Auto Show this year. Being a little vehicle it has 218 horsepower which is unbelievable for a tiny one like this. The 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine is turbocharged. Being designed as a racing car from the beginning Mini Cooper still has fog lights, but its bumper was remodeled and got deeper providing more aerodynamics to the car. The wheels got some tuning. You can see low-profile run flat tires on 17-inch wheels. These super light weight wheels were... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:36 Article Views Rating: 401 Main > Car Makers News > Honda > New Honda Plant in Japan The Honda company announced they wanted to work more on mini-vehicles and decided to build a new plant in central Japan. They think the vehicles with the engine size 660 cubic centimeters are going to stay popular for the next years. For a long time little fuel-efficient cars have been popular in Japan. After the gas-prices went high, the demand on these vehicles grew worldwide. Since Honda already has a plant producing mini-vehicles, they plan to share the production with the new one. The old plant is... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:36 Article Views Rating: 236 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Avro 720 Mirage Special Edition A very limited edition of Ford GT is going to come out soon. British auto tuning company, Avro Motor Cars, is planning to make a new legend, Avro 720 Mirage. Only ten of these unique cars will be made. The designers put 720 horsepower in this car as well as 220 mph top-speed and 627 pound-feet torque. Accufab provides a throttle body, an inlet sleeve and an x-pipe exhaust system. An enormous supercharger is made by Whipple. Avro has orange color with black details. Its front and rear track is wider than... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:35 Article Views Rating: 236 Main > Car Makers News > Other > Fed-Mogul insurers on hook PHILADELPHIA -- Federal-Mogul Corp. insurers may have to pay more than $500 million for asbestos damages under the Chapter 11 plan that got the company out of bankruptcy last year, a bankruptcy judge has ruled. Judge Judith Fitzgerald of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Pittsburgh, ruled against more than two dozen insurance companies, who were fighting to avoid paying claims for damages linked to Federal-Mogul's asbestos products. The insurers argued they had bargained to cover damage claims against the... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:34 Article Views Rating: 289 Main > Car Makers News > Other > GM workers face hard sell on buyouts General Motors Corp. next week will begin enticing thousands of veteran workers to leave the company for good by dangling the promise of a fresh start and maybe even a new car. The automaker, which badly needs to trim its ranks to help slash U.S. labor costs, says it won't coerce workers to take the buyout offers and retirement incentives going out to its hourly work force. But GM will try to put an upbeat spin on the daunting prospect of giving up the vaunted wages and benefits of a Big Three factory... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:34 Article Views Rating: 226 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford officially takes over Romanian auto plant BUCHAREST, Romania -- Ford Motor Co. formally took over the Romanian plant Automobile Craiova from the Romanian government today. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu handed the factory's key to Ford of Europe President John Fleming, saying that Ford's investment of about $1 billion would allow Romania to become the biggest car producer in southeastern Europe. Last year, Ford bought a 72.4 percent stake in the state-owned company, paying about $88 million and vowing to invest $1 billion to upgrade and... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:34 Article Views Rating: 224 Main > Car Makers News > Ford > Ford makes executive changes for China operations DEARBORN -- Ford Motor Co. says it has made some key appointments to support the continued expansion of the automaker's fast-growing China operations. Dearborn-based Ford said today that 58-year-old Mei-Wei Cheng has been elected Ford group vice president and named executive chairman of Ford Motor China. Cheng previously served as chairman and chief executive of Ford Motor China. Robert J. Graziano has been appointed president and CEO of Ford Motor China. The 48-year-old currently serves as executive... Full article... Article added: 2008-03-22 19:54:34 Article Views Rating: 193 |
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